The Office of the Inspector General, Audit Division, has completed an
audit of the grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Community
Oriented Policing Services (COPS), to the Fort Worth, Texas, Police Department. The Police
Department received a Phase I grant for $1.5 million to hire 20 officers to enhance
community policing. They also received a Making Officer Redeployment Effective (MORE) '95
grant for $248,406 to purchase equipment and to hire 12 civilian personnel to redeploy
11.3 and 6.9 full-time equivalents (FTEs) into community policing.

We found the following weaknesses with regard to meeting grant conditions:

The Fort Worth Police Department did not have a plan to track the redeployment of
officers nor the time expended by officers performing community policing duties under the
MORE '95 grant. Thus, we are questioning $199,271.

The Fort Worth Police Department received $49,135 in excess of the allowable Federal
share of the MORE '95 grant.

Overtime and equipment costs totaling $152,090 were improperly included in total program
costs which resulted in the Financial Status Report of the Phase I grant "total
outlays" amount to be inaccurate.

The Fort Worth Police Department did not submit the Officer Progress Reports or an
Annual Department Report for the Phase I grant.